title: Intracardiac thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale.
abstract: We describe a case of impending paradoxical embolism due to a thrombus trapped in a patent foramen ovale in a 22-year-old woman. Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography detected the thrombus. She was operated on and discharged asymptomatic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, 12 de Octubre Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Maroto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Carrascal
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Rufilanchas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*